Dana White Screws UFC Fans: The New Vince McMahon

[ƒallenloki]

I've thought about that too, Ninja.

What if Anderson ruins GSP's shit, puts on his pimp fur coat and retires? What happens to GSP? Does he run back to 170? Does he give it a go at 185 even though he will never be able to live up to the greatness of Silva?

And if GSP wins, what happens then? You build one star, but you pretty much leave 170 hanging because no one there will be respected as the true champion as long as GSP competes. Anderson, what does he do? Does he pursue a rematch? Does he go back to wrecking fools at MW? Does he make a run at 205?

Seems like a lose-lose situation when you consider all factors over the long term. Plus, do these guys really sell a fight? They aren't big talkers and only GSP consistently pulls large PPV buys

[fathergll]

I think its ridiculous that White is not giving him his title shot, and its not because he didn't earn it either, its more like them not being able to sell it. But c'mon, if you can put Cote, Maia, and Leites in there for a title shot, i don't see why Okami don't deserve it.

Ugh. One more god damn time



Cote wasn't given a title shot over Okami. Cote replaced Okami because Okami pulled out of a title fight with Silva because of an injury.

[MARKBNLV]

Okami earned his fcking shot,Gsp is a fcking ww,anderson ducking okami

[Kimo]

Come to think of it...maybe they should give GSP a non-title fight at middleweight first......to see how he performs, let Okami have his shot, then the mega fight can happen.

[Left2theliver]

Ugh. One more god damn time



Cote wasn't given a title shot over Okami. Cote replaced Okami because Okami pulled out of a title fight with Silva because of an injury.

They could have thrown Okami at Anderon instead of Belfort just as easily. Instead, they made him fight Marquart and gave Belfort the title shot.

[AKATheMack]

http://ringsidereport.com/?p=7324

UFC President Dana White has reneged on yet another “Guaranteed” title shot. Yushin “Thunder” Okami is going to be snubbed yet again and all Dana White has to say is “Okami is gonna be pissed, but he’s not getting the next title shot.”

With Okami earning this “guaranteed” title shot after defeating Nate Marquardt, he will now be snubbed by a second opponent, the first was Vitor Belfort, the second is none other than “to be determined.” Yes, Dana White is up to his old tricks snubbing Japanese fighters of what they have earned and letting them stay inactive and springing a big fight out of nowhere on them then if not victorious stating Japanese MMA is no good or it sucks.

With Silva clearing out the middleweight division there isn’t any fight left that makes sense, so might as well make the Okami fight. Okami is the last man to get a victory against Anderson Silva although it was by DQ from an illegal upkick. Okami is also a much stronger and improved wrestler since then and is now better than Chael Sonnen, the last man to give Anderson major problems inside the Octagon.

Okami being snubbed again is leading to the belief that Dana White doesn’t like Japanese fighters. White has repeatedly brought in Japanese fighters well past their prime and let them get beaten on in the UFC to further his statement of the “UFC having the best fighters in the world.” Although this isn’t true in every case with a Japanese fighter, it seems like the formula Zuffa LLC is going with and it’s working.

I know for a fact this statement is not true at all, the UFC is a giant marketing machine and there are plenty of fighters who can beat the UFC’s best but many if not all are true martial artist and do not fight for sport since they have a different respect for the martial arts. The UFC does have the best mixed martial artist in the world, but not the best fighters by a long shot.

The mainstream media and casual fan is unaware of this as many do not know the history of the UFC, the fallout after the Pride FC purchase by Zuffa, or the origin and history of many martial arts in general. This leaves the UFC with their marketing strategy to capitalize on the uneducated fans and draw them into new icons and sports heroes outside of the conventional big four: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey in the 18-40 year old male demographic.

Even if Okami lost to Silva it wouldn’t make a difference to Silva being the pound for pound king that has already been justified on numerous occasions. The only thing I can see coming from this is the UFC doesn’t want Anderson Silva to lose or have any high probability of losing any fight and are relying on Georges St. Pierre’s victory over Jake Shields to set up the biggest fight in all of combat sports history.

Until then, expect Anderson Silva to be inactive or have no real challengers get in the Octagon with him and just pad his record every once in a while until this GSP debate is settled. This leads to the old saying “Money Talks and BS Walks.” and in the UFC, it doesn’t matter what you’ve done or how good you are, if you can’t draw the buys you won’t get what you’ve actually earned.

If I am wrong what about the cases of many challengers left without title shots who rightfully earn them? Jim Miller is one that comes to mind since he only has one loss in the UFC in nine bouts and that lone loss is to Gray Maynard, who should be the UFC lightweight champion seeing how the current champion Frankie Edgar is 0-1-1 against him and getting a rubber match somehow.

Dana White is turning into a Don King/Vince McMahon hybrid which is great for business and the sport but terrible for purist of martial arts in general. Not saying Dana White hasn’t done any good he has done many great things but so has Don King and Vince McMahon, it doesn’t necessarily make you a good hearted person as much as someone who is just increasing their popularity in the public image.

At the end of the day, the only color that matters to the UFC and Zuffa LLC is green and Dana White knows this and has all the smoke and mirrors imaginable to keep the UFC under his iron fist, where he is the true champion and pound for pound king and everyone else is just a roster space in “HIS” sport.

The ridiculousness of this statement irritates me.

[ƒallenloki]

They could have thrown Okami at Anderon instead of Belfort just as easily. Instead, they made him fight Marquart and gave Belfort the title shot.

Oh yeah, and I forgot that fight was 100% super #1 title contender eliminator. Then Dana Dumbass White comes out and proclaims that Marquardt "choked." Come the fcuk on. Okami is a very good fighter, period. That's why he won.

If as$holes like Josh Koscheck, Jake Zzzzzhields, Chad Mendes, Chael Sonnen, Jon Fitch, Gray Maynard, and Sean Sherk can consistently be in the title picture with their similar and IMO more boring styles, why not Okami? Hell, he has a legit shot at beating Anderson because of the match up. Koscheck, Shields, Fitch had no chance in their title fights.

[fathergll]

They could have thrown Okami at Anderon instead of Belfort just as easily. Instead, they made him fight Marquart and gave Belfort the title shot.

If you haven't noticed the UFC runs a business. The general public wanted Belfort instead of Okami. Whats the problem? It doesn't matter if Okami is ranked #3 by Sherdog. UFC has no official rankings and thus can give title shots to who they want. Combat sports don't work like stick and ball sports. They never have and never will. Thats why in boxing guys can fight for the title without being ranked in that particular weight class. Once you understand that concept it makes life easier.


Again Okami was given a title shot years ago and pulled out. Bad move by Okami

[fathergll]

Oh yeah, and I forgot that fight was 100% super #1 title contender eliminator. Then Dana Dumbass White comes out and proclaims that Marquardt "choked." Come the fcuk on. Okami is a very good fighter, period. That's why he won.

Marquardt -260 vs. Yushin Okami +175

Marquardt was a big favorite. Vast majority of people picked Nate to win. So Dana's statement wasn't as off as you think.

[ƒallenloki]

Marquardt -260 vs. Yushin Okami +175

Marquardt was a big favorite. Vast majority of people picked Nate to win. So Dana's statement wasn't as off as you think.

Umm, yeah... Anybody who knows both guys very well knows that line was way off. It should have been even money on this one. This dude Marquardt lost to Thales Leites. Thales... Leites

Nevermind the stupidity of a comment like "choking" in mma, what the fcuk? Choking is needing to make one of three free throws in the 4th quarter and missing all three, choking is missing a 30 yard field goal in an important game. There is no choking in MMA.